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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alan_Ladd_JrAlan Ladd Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. He served as president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars , on his confidence of George Lucas , which proved well founded.

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2. www.theguardian.com › film › 2022Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr, who greenlit Star Wars ...

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   Mar 3, 2022 · Associated Press. Wed 2 Mar 2022 20.48 EST. Alan Ladd Jr, the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit Star Wars, has died. He was 84. Ladd died...

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   Who was Alan Ladd Jr?

   • Photograph: Alex Berliner/BEI/REX/Shutterstock Alan Ladd Jr, the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit Star Wars, has died. He was 84. Ladd died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the documentary Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies, wrote in a Facebook post.

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   Who was Alan Walbridge Ladd?

   • Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. He served as president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars, on his confidence of George Lucas, which proved well founded. He later established The Ladd Company and headed MGM/UA.

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   Who was Alan Ladd & how did he die?

   • He was 84. Ladd died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the documentary Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies, wrote in a Facebook post. No cause of death was given. Ladd, the son of Shane star Alan Ladd, started in the film business as his father’s stuntman but rose to become one of its leading –and most widely liked – executives.

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   Who was Ladd Laddie?

   • The shy and laconic Ladd Laddie, as he was known, was one of Hollywood’s most likable and respected movie executives and producers. A former talent agent who became an independent producer in London in the late 1960s, Ladd became was named vice president of creative affairs at 20th Century Fox in 1973.

   Alan Ladd Jr., who greenlighted 'Star Wars,' dies - Los Angeles Times

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   Mar 2, 2022 · March 2, 2022 11:29 AM PT. Alan Ladd Jr., an Oscar-winning producer and former studio boss who, as a top executive at 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, was best known for greenlighting George...

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5. variety.com › 2022 › filmAlan Ladd Jr. Dead: Producer Greenlit Star Wars, Produced ...

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   Mar 2, 2022 · News. Mar 2, 2022 10:45am PT. Alan Ladd Jr., Who Greenlit ‘Star Wars’ and Produced ‘Braveheart,’ Dies at 84. By Richard Natale. AP. Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture...

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7. aframe.oscars.org › features › alan-ladd-jrAlan Ladd Jr., Legendary Hollywood Producer and Executive ...

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   Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer of Braveheart and longtime executive at both Fox and MGM, died on Wednesday, according to his family. He was 84. In addition to winning the Oscar for 1995’s Best Picture winner, Braveheart, Ladd Jr. was perhaps best known as the man who greenlit Star Wars when he was an executive at 20th Century Fox.

8. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-newsAlan Ladd Jr. Dead: Star Wars Savior, 'Braveheart' Oscar ...

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   Mar 2, 2022 · Alan Ladd Jr ., the revered Hollywood producer and studio executive who saved Star Wars when Fox wanted to shut down production and gained vindication when he received an Oscar for Braveheart...